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#1 User is offline   virgosrock 

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Posted 2017-October-21, 20:03



GIB misery. WIll give more detail if I am able to post hand using pigpenz method

Well here it is
17-10-20 08:03 Lose 4.8 73.48 Movie or Lin pheno:1SNx+4
17-10-20 08:03 Fee-Lose 0.02 73.46
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Posted 2017-October-21, 23:26

I wonder what the difference in the description is for something like 4++ compared to +5-+. Does it mean double shows 5+ spades (and hearts)? In which case it shows 18+ cards, so an exceptionally balanced hand. And +11-+HCP? What does that mean when West is a passed hand?

I am not surprised by GIB's pass of the double since it has been making those kinds of passes for years and years.
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Posted 2017-October-22, 03:03

Truly horrid. You should be able to make a reasonable, uncomplicated bid with GIB, and GIB should be able to understand it most of the time. You shouldn't have to resort to hovering with your mouse over every bid in the bidding box and checking that GIB is on the same wavelength.

Though had I done that with the X and looked at the description given, I'd thought 'wtf'. It's nonsensical.
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Posted 2017-October-22, 05:26

Gib probably couldn't figure out a bid so defaulted to pass.
Defaulting to pass is lazy on programmers part imo.
If your confused by partner's bid especially a double, pass is almost always wrong.
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Posted 2017-October-22, 13:58

View Postjohnu, on 2017-October-21, 23:26, said:

I wonder what the difference in the description is for something like 4++ compared to +5-+. Does it mean double shows 5+ spades (and hearts)? In which case it shows 18+ cards, so an exceptionally balanced hand. And +11-+HCP? What does that mean when West is a passed hand?

That's a formatting issue with the way the handviewer link has been embedded. Most of the + symbols represent spaces - the actual description is 4+ , 4+ , 5- , 5- , 11- HCP, 12 total points.
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Posted 2017-October-22, 17:06

View Postsmerriman, on 2017-October-22, 13:58, said:

That's a formatting issue with the way the handviewer link has been embedded. Most of the + symbols represent spaces - the actual description is 4+ , 4+ , 5- , 5- , 11- HCP, 12 total points.

whew!! thanks smerriman. i was quite sure i had not seen 4+S when the hand was played. I am walking on eggshells when GIBB-ing esp in MB. I was about to write a thesis on blurb records vs. hand records and mismatch in the database.

Thus the pass is horribly bizarre. Loss of $10 at 0.5 cents is more horribly bizarre.
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